Simon Harris
The pain of Sinn Fein
How has support for the party fallen so dramatically?
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
